• May 20, 2022

    USCHS students honored at Awards Night

    USCHS CrestUpper St. Clair High School recently recognized and celebrated numerous students with honors, awards and scholarships during the school’s annual Awards Night. The event was held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in the high school theater.

    Dr. Timothy Wagner, Upper St. Clair High School principal, asked students to reflect on their growth over their high school years.

    "Tonight we celebrate your achievements by way of an award -- but, simultaneously, we celebrate so much more. We honor your progress and your growth, and we honor, most importantly, who you are as people," he said. "We couldn’t be more proud of who you are, students, and we thank your families for sharing you with us each day."

    The following students were recognized:

    Army ROTC: Eva Rankin

    Carson Scholar: Sarah Robert

    Ellie Levine Memorial Award: Jacob Bernstein

    Global Fluency Certificate: Bridget Boal, Lilian Leggat, Isabella Marasco, Noelle Pirain, Eva Rankin, Julia Roeschenthaler, Andrew Rosello, Stephanie Spina & Shane Williams

    John Small Spirit of Community Award: Eva Rankin

    Joseph L. Moscov Memorial Award: Christopher Beaver & Michael Gualtieri

    Judge Arnoni Leadership in Action Scholarship: Phoebe Chen

    Outstanding Senior Athletes: Jaclyn Martinelli and Mateo Cepullio

    Paul Harris Award - USC-Bethel Park Evening Rotary Club: Sophia Song

    Paul Wildenhain Memorial Scholarship: Daniel J. Wang

    Perfect Attendance: Saif Ali Khan Durrani & Alex James LeKachman

    Pride of the Panthers Award: Tanner O’Grady and Eva Rankin.

    Service Above Self USC – Bethel Park, Breakfast Rotary: Jacob Howard

    Service Above Self USC – Bethel Park, Evening Rotary Club: Anna Hess

    Sharon Popp Memorial Award: Kaitlyn Campagna

    Sivaram & Revathi Krishnan USC Scholarship:  Isabella Marasco and Fiona Wang

    Society of Women Engineers Awards:  Natalie Campagna, Sophia Song & Sophie Chen

    Student of the Year Awards:  Daniel Shanholtzer - Freshman; Reese Copenhaver – Sophomore; Yoshna Venkataraman - Junior; Robert J. Shontz - Senior

    Superintendent Academic Achievement Award: Kaitlyn Campagna, Marley Crochier, Patrick Hynds, Alex LeKachman, Matthew Naumann, Danielle Wenk & Bria Zegarelli

    Teresa Fox Memorial Scholarship ~ Student Pursuing a Degree in Special Education: Emma Redlinger

    Teresa Fox Memorial Scholarship ~ Student Who has Overcome a Learning Challenge: Danny Martin

    T.J. White Scholarship: Tanner O'Grady

    USC Education Association Scholarship: Robert J. Shontz

    USCHS Counseling Humanitarian Award: Bridgit Boal, Skyler Bruno, Sarah Christensen, Felipe Mola Curi, Shivani Jajoo, Katie Kobeski, Esha Lahoti, Molly Maher, Julia Roeschenthaler, Laurel Sjoberg & Stephanie Spina

    William A. Pope Scholarship: Linus Friedman

    University Book Awards

    • Brandeis University – Emily Barrie
    • Chatham University, Rachel Carson Healthy Planet – Maura Joyce
    • Harvard University – Ansh Goyal
    • Johns Hopkins University – Carter McClintock-Comeaux
    • Princeton University – Ashvita Saxena
    • Rensselaer Medal – Phillip Markovitz
    • RIT Computing Medal & Scholarship Award – Ben Wasson & Lauren Starr
    • RIT Innovation & Creativity Award – Colin Eccher & Rebecca Lang
    • Saint Michael's College – Alessandra Di Piazza
    • Tulane University – Carter Chui
    • University of Pennsylvania – Yoshna Venkataraman
    • University of Virginia, Jefferson – Rosemary Ramirez
    • William & Mary Leadership Award – Jocelyn Rullo
    • Yale University – Matthew Hrehocik